Ireland has dropped from first to third place on an annual, overfishing “shame” list compiled by a British non-governmental organisation.

An imminent resolution is expected between countries discussing scientific advice to reduce mackerel fishing in the north-east Atlantic by 61% in 2019. Representatives of 11 EU and non-EU fishing countries gathered at the National Seafood Centre in Clonakilty, Co Cork, for three days of talks on total allowable catch levels for the €1bn mackerel industry.

WOW, what a sight!

You are cleaning your teeth with plastic. You can literally feel it on your tongue, writes Alison O’Connor.

The instructors in Ardmore Adventures were lucky enough to enjoy their water activities with the basking sharks that were around last week.

The European Parliament is recommending a ban on all fishing activities in areas with vulnerable marine ecosystems identified by the European Commission.

Valuable deep sea species found off the Irish coast in water up to 4km deep will be fished to extinction if EU states do not overturn a decision made by members of the European Parliament, the European Commission has warned.

Fishing communities are at risk of losing valuable mackerel stocks unless the EU moves quickly to impose trade sanctions against Iceland, according to Marine Minister Simon Coveney.

European science is helping to reduce the impact of natural disasters, says the European commissioner for research Máire Geoghegan-Quinn

Even tougher trade sanctions against Iceland and the Faroe Islands have been demanded by the European Parliament in retaliation for over-fishing of mackerel.

OVER a third of white fish caught in Irish waters by the domestic fleet is dumped back into the sea dead or dying.

FERRIES crossing the Irish Sea are being used to police the arrival of jellyfish lethal to fish stocks.

A 1,200KM JOURNEY by a baby humpback whale through treacherous waters is at the centre of a discovery that has Irish and Dutch whale researchers leaping for joy.

Damien Enright on the slow giants seen off our coasts

The Geological Survey of Ireland is reportedly examining the possibility of putting a tsunami warning system in place around the Irish coast.

PREVIOUS generations ate a lot of shellfish - they overfished stocks almost to extinction, a process aided by pollution.

The United Nation’s scientific and cultural body today launched a tsunami warning system for the Indian Ocean region to prevent a repeat of December’s disaster.